He is out of jail on a $500 personal recognizance bond, which means he pays nothing if he appears in court as ordered.

He was driving a Pontiac Grand Prix on Mount Hope Road near Andrys Drive in Waterloo Township when a Chevy Aveo, driven by his friend Dylan Briningstool, attempted to pass the Pontiac, police earlier reported. The two cars collided before 9 p.m.

The force of the impact sheared Briningstool’s Aveo in half and flung its front several feet into a wooded area.

Both cars were traveling at a high rate of speed, Jackson County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Mark Blumer said. He said they were racing.

Rick's lawyer, Michael Falahee, declined comment Tuesday.

Briningstool, 20, and Icy James, 18, both died at the crash scene. Briningstool’s teenage brother, also a passenger, was injured and was released from the hospital. He will still require extensive surgery, his family said.

Rick and Kyle Mossman, a passenger in the Grand Prix, went to Allegiance Health, where they were treated and released the following day.

In March, Rick said he and Briningstool had known each other since the first grade. They went to school at the former Jackson Seventh-day Adventist Elementary School in Blackman Township.